Chapter 2: The Value of Good Neighbors

I found this chapter hilarious. In particular I really enjoyed how God can have such a sense of humor that he requires us to do the thing that we most did not want to do or plan to do. In the author's case it was to get a dog when she had been complaining a great deal about the behavior of dogs and dog owner's in her building. However, it was a little less than hilarious when she got to the section she calls "Paws to Reflect" when she addressed the behavior of those who call themselves Christian but whose actions and attitudes are less than Christ-like. Those who demand that everyone believe as they believe and practice their religion the same they do. That one I was able to silently say "I don't do that" but then she got to those of us who are not disciplined and orderly, who tend to selfishly see their time as they own to do what they want to do. God's purpose for wanting the author to get a dog was that he was convicting her of being selfish and self-consumed according to her. She used the example of Paul on the road to Damacus. She then shared how meeting a woman walking her dog had been her own "Road to Damacus" convicting moment. The woman shared how much better her life was after she got a dog.